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Shish tawouk is the classic Lebanese marinade for barbecue chicken and is my favourite wrap filling. The Lebanese love any opportunity to grill chicken and meat; we don’t just wait for good weather like here in the UK. I’ve seen people light the grill in the middle of winter and they see it as just…

My mums zaatar chicken is unrivalled in its deliciousness because her recipe brings out the tanginess of the zaatar without scorching it. I’ve seen a lot of recipes that instruct you to just marinade the chicken in zaatar then bake it which means you end up with a very dark and sometimes bitter result. Our…

Mloukhiya is one of my top 3 favourite foods of all time – it’s spicy, garlicky, coriandery and lemony all at the same time. We have to bring back bags of them in our suitcases from Lebanon, which takes up all our luggage space and makes everything smell but is totally worth it. The Jute…

I love using paprika and turmeric so much in my kitchen that I even invented a special chicken marinade in honour of my favourite spices. This chicken recipe with slow roasted garlic is a crowd pleaser I guarantee you will come back to again and again. As always, try to marinade the chicken the night…

Chicken Vermicelli soup is definitely one of those simple things that reassure you the world isn’t as bad as it seems. It is so easy it doesn’t even need a recipe but it’s always good to keep on file. Vermicelli is perfect for this recipe as it complements the strands of shredded chicken and floats…

Freekeh is one of my favourite grains of all time, it is a cracked wheat that has a beautiful smokey flavour to it, and until recently I didn’t realise the long process required to make it. It can be made into a soup or cooked like rice; I prefer it with chicken to meat as…

This is my go to chicken dinner; it’s simple and comforting and unfussy. 7 spice, sumac and regular olive oil form this basic marinade. The Sumac adds a bit of fragrant sourness to the savoury chicken; when buying sumac make sure it is reddish and not brown which indicates it’s old. Every year, I get…

I am not exaggerating when I tell you that learning to make good chicken stock will literally Change. Your. Life. 🙃 My recipe is almost a chicken vegetable stock and is great for using up leftover herbs and veggies. You can add most anything that keeps the stock translucent and can handle being cooked for…

Riz b’foul is perfect for feasts and is definitely one of my top five favourites. Essentially it is a Persian Iraqi dish which my mum learnt from my dad’s side of the family. The best bit is when she pours brown butter on the top at the end which makes its luxurious. I love eating…

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Here you'll find recipes collected from my Lebanese Mama, some regional classics and some secret family recipes. I come from a family of exceptional home cooks and I don't think I even went to a proper restaurant until I went to college, whereby I tried everything only to realise I'd been raised on gourmet food without even knowing it. My Teta (grandmother) was a legendary cook from Lebanon who could rustle up a feast out of nothing. My mother too ...